Martin McCann

Martin Stephen McCann (born July 20, 1983 in Belfast , Northern Ireland ) is an Irish actor .

Life

Martin McCann grew up with his brother and sister in the Divis Flats in Belfast . After appearing in a stage version of A Clockwork Orange , McCann was discovered by Richard Attenborough in 2006 and recommended by Stephen Spielberg, who gave him a role in the miniseries The Pacific . In 2010 McCann got the role of Bono in the musical comedy Killing Bono , a film that dealt with the frontman of the band U2 . In the film The Survivalist , McCann got another leading role in 2014 and plays the eponymous protagonist, a survivor living in the forest in a post-apocalyptic world who takes in a mother and her daughter.

McCann is the patron of the not-for-profit YouthAction in Northern Ireland.

Filmography (selection)

2006–2007: Dry Your Eyes (TV series, 12 episodes)
2007: Closing the Ring
2009: Swansong (Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne)
2010: Clash of the Titans (Clash of the Titans)
2010: The Pacific (TV series, 6 episodes)
2011: Killing Bono
2012: Whole Lotta Sole - predatory fishing in Belfast (Whole Lotta Sole)
2012: Shadow Dancer
2012: Jump
2012: Titanic - Blood and Steel (TV series, 10 episodes)
2014: '71: Behind enemy lines ('71)
2014: Fishbowl (short film)
2014: X + Y
2014: Boogaloo and Graham
2015: The Survivalist
2015: The Rezort
2015: My Name Is Emily
2015: The Bastard Executioner (TV series, 2 episodes)
2017: Lost in London
2017: Maze
2017: The Frankenstein Chronicles (TV series, 6 episodes)
2018: Caliber - Weidmannsunheil (Caliber)
2019: The Informer

Awards

Irish Film and Television Award

2008: Nomination for the Rising Star Award
2011: Award for best film actor (in Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne )
2013: Nomination for Best Film Actor (in Jump )
2016: Nomination for Best Actor - Film (in The Survivalist )

Web links

Martin McCann in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 'The Survivalist' now filming in Northern Ireland ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: northernirelandscreen.co.uk, June 16, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	McCann, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	McCann, Martin Stephen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish actor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 20, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK

[1] 'The Survivalist' now filming in Northern Ireland ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: northernirelandscreen.co.uk, June 16, 2014.